Siddharth Raich, Asma Awan, Christopher Johansen, Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), Neeraj Bhandari (Health Care Administration and Policy) and Kavita Batra (Medicine), presented their poster, “Disparities in pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake interventions among Asian Americans: A scoping review of current interventions” during…

Siddharth Raich, Priyambda Kumra, Asma Awan, Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), and Buddhadeb Dawn, Kavita Batra, Aditi Singh (all Medicine), presented their poster, "Yoga as a complementary therapy to manage physiological and psychological outcomes of digestive disorders: The current state of…

Sidath Kapukotuwa (Social and Behavioral Health), Ravi Batra (Environmental and Occupational Health), Kavita Batra (Medicine; Office of Research), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) presented their poster, "Yoga for osteoarthritis: Current state of interventions," during the American Public…

Bryan Bledsoe (Medicine) was invited to give presentations about trauma resuscitation science at the 2023 Annual International McSwain Symposium, Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana, and International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) in Houston, Texas.

Merika Charupoom (Medicine), Nicole Bacani (Medicine), Emily Strickler, Laura K. Gryder (Academic Affairs), Kavita Batra (Medicine), and Deborah A. Kuhls (Medicine), presented their study titled, "Non-Adjudicated Speeding Citations In Nevada: A descriptive analysis of speeding violations in Nevada from 2018-2020," at the 151st Annual Meeting of…

Merika Charupoom (Medicine), Nicole Bacani (Medicine), Emily Carter (Medicine), Emily Strickler, Laura K. Gryder (Academic Affairs), Kavita Batra (Medicine), and Deborah A. Kuhls (Medicine), presented their study titled, "Injury Inequity Among Nevada Pedestrians: Assessment Using Measurements of Community Needs," during the American Public Health…

Dr. Deborah Kuhls (Medicine) and other leaders of the Committee on Trauma provided an update on firearm injury prevention efforts at the American College of Surgeons' (ACS) annual Clinical Congress in Boston, Massachusetts. The ACS considers firearm injuries a public health issue and since 2018, when firearm deaths — including both suicides and…

Third-year student Timothy Shaw (Medicine), gave an oral presentation titled, "Justice and the Tragedy of the Commons: Addressing the Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis," at the 25th annual meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities on October 12 in Baltimore, Maryland. The frequent use of antibiotics has led to an increase in…

Kacie Washburn, Maxim Gakh, Courtney Coughenour (all Public Health), Kavita Batra, Deborah Kuhls, Bertille Mavegam Tango Assoumou (all Medicine), and William Sousa (Urban Affairs) presented their study titled, “Perceptions of Law Enforcement Officers About Profiling and Disparities in Traffic Stops in the United States: A Comprehensive…

Dr. Deborah Kuhls (Medicine) was installed as second vice-president of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) during a convocation ceremony in October. Kuhls is a professor and acute care surgery chief, as well as associate dean of research for the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. With 88,000 members worldwide, the ACS is considered by…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) was a co-presenter in 12 presentations at the 151st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association held in Atlanta. The topics of his presentations ranged from the role of yoga in cardiovascular diseases, osteoarthritis, bronchial asthma, and physical activity promotion to…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a virtual paper titled, “Asynchronous online teaching of research methods to graduate students: Application of the multi-theory model of health behavior change” at the 16th International Conference on Education, Research, and Innovation (ICERI 2023) in Seville, Spain. The…